Lebanon is facing a medical crisis amid the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah

Friday marks a month since Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, where the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah has strongholds. Israel has continued its airstrikes and the growing number of casualties is putting pressure on Lebanon’s medical system.

In the capital Beirut, many patients are being transferred to a state hospital from other institutions that have been destroyed or had to close by Israeli attacks. The hospital says it will be difficult to accept more patients.

Lebanon virtually went bankrupt in 2020 and many doctors and nurses left the country. Some have returned, but the government hospital is seriously short of nursing staff.

One doctor said the hospital was becoming overloaded and they were under a lot of pressure.

Some people cannot get the medical treatment they need.

A displaced man said his two-month-old daughter became ill a week after the evacuation and he took her to a hospital, but she could not receive any treatment.

The man lives in a support group shelter, but he is constantly afraid that his daughter’s condition will worsen.

He said he couldn’t do anything. He said he is having great difficulty getting medication for his daughter and meeting her other needs.